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Thursday, 9 June 2011

How to Remove Milestone Antivirus (Uninstall Guide)

Posted on 11:35 by Unknown
Milestone Antivirus is a rogue security program that will pretend to scan your computer for viruses and report threats that do not really exist to scare you into believing your system is infected. It's designed to mimic real anti-virus software and it's pretty much useless. It will display fake security alerts about viruses, spyware or other malware found on your computer and it won't stop until a payment is made. Milestone Antivirus will take you to a very well crafted, bogus online store where you can buy a full version of this program for $50. The cyber crooks behind rogue anti-virus software are continuing to improve their social engineering attacks to be more successful so you should really think twice before installing software without doing some basic research about it. Fortunately, Milestone Antivirus is easy to remove if you know what to look for. If you have a PC infected with this rogue anti-virus application, please follow the steps in the removal guide.



Milestone Antivirus video:


While running, Milestone Antivirus will gives you loads of fake security alerts and error messages that just seem to pop up constantly. It claims that your computer is infected by spyware.


Security warning:
The file C:\WINDOWS\regedit.exe is infected.
Running of application is impossible.


Here's an example of a very well designed svchost.exe error message that may trick novice Windows users.



And worse, it may block you from running anti-malware tools. Milestone Antivirus also hijacks a file association for executable files, that's why you will probably see the "Open with..." dialog box when you try to open a program. Thankfully, there's an easy fix for this problem. Just follow the removal instructions below.

A screen shot of what the Milestone Antivirus online store looks like:



As you can see, Milestone Antivirus is a threat that comes under the guise of a genuine antivirus program. It's pure malware. Our recommendations: remove Milestone Antivirus from the system as soon as possible and install a solid antivirus software. Better safe than sorry. If you need help removing this pesky malware from your computer, please leave a comment below. Good luck and be safe online!

Related malware:
  • Wireshark Antivirus
  • XJR Antivirus
  • AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
  • Your PC Protector
Optional: you can use this serial significantother to uninstall the rogue application.



Once this is done, you are free to install anti-malware software and remove the rogue anti-virus program from your computer properly.


Milestone Antivirus removal instructions:

1. Go to Start → Run or press WinKey+R. Type in "command" and press Enter key.


2. In the command prompt window type "notepad". Notepad will come up.


3. Copy all the text in blue color below and paste into Notepad.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

4. Save file as regfix.reg to your Desktop. NOTE: (Save as type: All files)


regfix.reg is available for download here, in case you can't make your own or it doesn't work.

5. Double-click on regfix.reg file to run it. Click "Yes" for Registry Editor prompt window. Then click OK.
6. Download free anti-malware software from the list below and run a full system scan.
  • MalwareBytes Anti-malware
  • SUPERAntispyware
  • Spybot S&D
  • Hitman Pro 3.5
NOTE: in some cases the rogue program may block anti-malware software. Before saving the selected program onto your computer, you may have to rename the installer to iexplore.exe, explorer.exe or winlogon.exe With all of these tools, if running Windows 7 or Vista they MUST be run as administrator. Launch the program and follow the prompts. Don't forget to update the installed program before scanning.

7. New threats appear every day. In order to protect your PC from such (new) infections we strongly recommend you to use ESET Smart Security.


Associated Milestone Antivirus files and registry values:

Files:
  • C:\Program Files\conhost.exe
  • C:\Program Files\csrss.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Milestone Antivirus.ico
  • C:\Program Files\Milestone Antivirus\
  • C:\Program Files\Milestone Antivirus\Milestone Antivirus.exe
  • C:\Program Files\scdata\
  • C:\Program Files\scdata\wispex.html
  • C:\Program Files\scdata\wskinn.exe
  • C:\Program Files\scdata\images\
  • %UserProfile%\Desktop\Milestone Antivirus.exe.txt
  • %UserProfile%\Desktop\Milestone Antivirus.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Milestone Antivirus\
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Milestone Antivirus\Milestone Antivirus.lnk
Registry values:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Milestone Antivirus
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\QTUpdate
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = 'C:\Program Files\conhost.exe "%1" %*'
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